ACTION COMICS #973 by Dan Jurgens, Patch Zircher and Stephen Segovia. Superman heads to his Fortress of Solitude where he finds Steel and a dying Superwoman. Superman doesn’t know what is causing her cellular degeneration but has an idea and they fly off to an unknown location. That’s when it is revealed they are being tracked by Hank Henshaw. Meanwhile, Lois is undercover as a waitress with a bunch of bad hombres including a crooked police detective. “Clark” is with Maggie Sawyer on this stakeout and decides he needs to rush in and save Lois. His clumsiness actually helps to rescue her. Later, he asks her out on a date and, since she wants to know who this Clark REALLY IS, she accepts.
ACTION COMICS #974 by Dan Jurgens, Patch Zircher and Stephen Segovia. While Superman and Steel try to figure out what’s wrong with Lana, Superman decides to put her into the classic Kryptonian Battle Armor he has to keep her alive. He also finds out that someone is near his Fortress in the Himalayas. It turns out to be Hank Henshaw and his men and they make their way into the Fortress. Blanque gets them to release him and he blows up the Fortress. Meanwhile, fake Clark goes out on his date with Lois and proposes to her. When she turns him down and leaves, he stalks her all the way back to her home and discovers that Jon is her son…and there is another Clark.
ALL STAR BATMAN #7 by Scott Snyder, Tula Lotay and Francesco Francavilla. Batman tracks down Poison Ivy so she can help him find an antidote to the bacteria that got loose during his battle with Mr. Freeze last issue. In the CURSED WHEEL back-up, Batman tells Duke that he needs to keep up the good work but to be careful and get some rest to recover from his injuries. Instead, Duke sneaks out.
AQUAMAN #16 by Dan Abnett and Brad Walker. Warhead is using his deadly psychic powers to get his hands on weapons and such. Meanwhile, Aquaman and his people are hard at work helping to rebuild Amnesty Bay, even as Warhead is trying to use his powers to convince people to help him take control of Aquaman.
AQUAMAN #17 by Dan Abnett and Scot Eaton. Aquaman goes to the United Nations and, during his speech there, is struck with a headache from Warhead’s ability. He begins to hallucinate, seeing a vision of a wounded soldier. The vision and the headache eventually passes. With the speech over, he again sees the soldier as he exists the building and is asked to follow him. He takes off and goes to Beckman College, where the soldier says “no more” before disappearing. A student, controlled by Warhead, fires a shotgun at Aquaman and eventually Arthur hunts down Warhead. Again struck with a headache, Warhead touches Aquaman’s head and suddenly he is in the middle of a battlefield.
BATGIRL #8 by Hope Larson and Chris Wildgoose. While Ethan Cobblepot and Barbara Gordon are on their first date, Cobblepot tells her how his mother was a waitress who Penguin got pregnant. He paid regular child support and also sent a check to have Ethan go to yale. Ethan went to Gotham to tell off his father and, at the same time, used the money to start a company called Vicform, which made him very rich. Vicform is responsible for an app. called Walkhome, which is like Uber but with people and not cars. Later, after a trip to a local bar, she interrupts a potential assault only to find that one of the people working for Walkhome is Magpie, who earns herself a special knockout punch from Batgirl. In the end, Ethan reveals that he sees Batgirl as an obstruction.
BATGIRL AND THE BIRDS OF PREY #7 by Julie Benson, Shawna Benson and Claire Roe. After confronting the Zodiac Master, the girls crash at Dinah’s place. Barbara is trying to figure out why her realtors are so interested in the Clocktower she bought so Dinah and Helena set up a sting operation. What they eventually discover, thanks to Oracle’s hard work, is there was a robbery of the Gotham Bank many years ago and the loot was never found. Barbara tears apart the Clocktower and finds the missing gold, leading to her turning it over as a donation to Gotham’s Children’s Hospital, much to the realtors dismay. In the end, the girls celebrate Valentine’s Day by themselves.
BATMAN #16 by Tom King and David Finch. Psycho Pirate may be locked up in Arkham Asylum, but he is still using his influence to cause havoc, as he takes control of Bronze Tiger and has a guard almost kill Jeremiah Arkham. Later, at a place called Batburger, Bruce tells his sons and wards that Bane coming to Gotham and he needs five days to cure Gotham Girl. And he needs his family to get out of Gotham City as soon as possible, for their own safety. Later, he responds to the Bat Signal and finds Catwoman instead of Jim Gordon. She knows bane is coming and he’s probably coming for her. In the end, Batman begins to work on curing Gotham Girl, only to find three bodies hanging in the bat cave, dressed as Robin, Nightwing and Red Hood, with the phrase I AM BANE painted across their naked chests.
BATMAN #17 by Tom King and David Finch. Bronze Tiger is in a hotel room, trying to kick his Venom habit, when he gets shot. Over at the Fortress of Solitude, Superman puts the bodies of the three Robins in hibernation for their own safety. At Arkham Asylum, what we are led to believe is Hush being brought to see thew Psycho Pirate by a guard, turns out to be Alfred bringing Gotham Girl for her Psycho Pirate therapy. Elsewhere, Bane’s men capture Selina Kyle, Jim Gordon and Duke. In the end, Bane has four of Batman’s acquaintances and is apparently waiting for a confrontation with the Bat.
BATMAN BEYOND #5 by Dan Jurgens and Bernard Chang. Batman is trying to figure out how Bruce Wayne can be alive when he saw him die during a battle with Brother Eye. He then heads over to the Wayne-Powers building, where it seems that Terminal has set up. Terminal had found Bruce in a medical tent after he was presumed dead and has kept him alive so he can gain access to a device called Keystone that allows you to tap into any computer in the world. Before he can gain access, Terry stops him, but then has to let Terminal escape so Terry can save Bruce.In the end, the escape ship crashes and Terminal means his end at the end of a crowbar…being wielded by The REAL Joker!
BATWOMAN REBIRTH #1 by Marguerite Bennett, James Tynion IV and Steve Epting. We see Kate kane are five ages in her life. At age nine, she watched as her mom and her sister are murdered. At age twenty, she is in the Army and she is dealing with her feelings for the woman she spars with. At twenty-two, she is a party girl who also gets dishonorably discharged from the army. At age twenty-three, she is on the Island of Coryana where she is in a relationship with a woman named Safiyah. Later that year, she goes back to Gotham where she rekindles a relationship with Renee Montoya. At age twenty-four, Batman saves Kate and that forces her to train harder. She becomes batwoman and, after recapping various stories from the past, it takes us to today, where we find that Monster Venom is on the Black Market and it’s Kate’s job to try and stop the supply.
BLUE BEETLE #6 by Keith Giffen and Scott Kolins. Jaime expresses his extreme displeasure to Ted about all that has happened and the secrets he has been keeping…like that the scarab is mutating him. After finding out that the scarab may have been responsible for killing Dan Garrett, Blue Beetle heads off to confront Mordecai. The essence of the scarab comes forth and transforms Blue Beetle into a monstrous force that can only be stopped…by Doctor Fate?
CYBORG #9 by John Semper Jr. and Paul Pelletier. Cyborg is confronting OTAC, who reveals that he wants to be known as Anomaly. He reveals that Dr. Stone was trying to create what he called the Omniscient Transformational Advanced Cell and that caused the explosion which eventually gave his wife cancer. He then created a series of clones of himself and tried to cure their cancer, but his wife died in the process. While he wanted the clones destroyed, they got sold to black market research and were used for torturous testing. Along the way, one of the scientists, named Aldous, became his friend and that is the person who currently has the real Dr. Stone. In the end, Victor and Exxy use a Boom Tube to get away from Anomaly long enough for Exxy to try and fix Cyborg’s blindness caused by Anaomaly’s malware.
CYBORG #10 by John Semper Jr.and Will Conrad. Cyborg is on the run after the press is saying how he’s gone rogue. Exxy teams up with him, getting some things from Holt Industries to purge Anomaly’s virus from Vic’s system. Over at Star Labs, Anomaly is trying to absorb Variant's technology when he says that he is doing all of this because of a voice in his head. The voice tells him to find Rizzo Rattama, who has trained rats to run drugs for him. But now, because of Anomaly's OTAC tech, he has the rats going off to kill Cyborg.
DEADMAN DARK MANSION OF FORBIDDEN LOVE #3 by Sarah Vaughn and Lan Medina. Berenice, Sam, Deadman and Adelia make their way into Nathan’s office where they find a spell book. Seems Nathan hasn’t been working on his book…he’s been playing with spells. He is actually Adelia’s husband Edward who has been killing and maintaining an everlasting life in the process. Deadman takes control but to little success and the solution seems to be to burn the mansion down and everything inside it. As the fire spreads, Edward releases his grip, Deadman gets free and Edward finally dies. In the end, Berenice and Sam end up together and Deadman heads off to help someone else.
DEATH OF HAWKMAN #5 by Marc Andreyko, Aaron Lopresti and Rodney Buchemi. In the present, Green Lantern Isamot is killed by Despero and that leads to Ryan Kral of Thanagar being chosen as a member of the Green Lantern Corps. In flashback, it seems that Despero is using his will to push everyone he encounters to act on his behalf, including Adam’s wife. In the end, even Cyborg is revealed to be part of the conspiracy and, since Despero now controls all of the Nth Metal, he is in the process of removing it from Hawkman and possibly causing his death!
DEATHSTROKE #12 by Christopher Priest, Larry Hama and Joe Bennett. Slade explains to Pat that Luis/Richard will stay alive until he decides to kill Deathstroke. We also see that Slade is blind. Flashing back, we see Red Lion breaking Slade out of prison. Over in Minneapolis, Hosum shows up and asks Rose for help. He also reveals that the person behind all of this is Adeline. Jericho is still fighting off migraines while Slade visits the prison warden and finds out that Red Lion is also helping Raptor. Deathstroke tracks Raptor down and find out that Raptor has stolen Deathstroke’s Ikon Suit.
DEATHSTROKE #13 by Christopher Priest and Joe Bennett. Slade and Raptor battle until we discover that getting them together was all part of Red Lion's plan: gain control of his ship, which allows him to get back to his country. In the end, Red Lion gets to go home, Deathstroke gets evidence on his ex-wife, we find that Jericho loves Ikon, who is in a coma, and Slade is in bed with Jericho’s fiance.
DETECTIVE COMICS #950 by James Tynion IV, Marcio Takara, Alvaro Martinez, and Eddy Barrows. In the first tale, Cassandra helps bust up a drug ring while trying to come to grips with who she is. And Shiva is poised to play a part in her future life. Plus, Duke has come up with a compact way to allow Clayface to change to human shape. Unfortunately, it looks like he is going to have physical problems no matter who he is. In the second tale, Azrael is training with Batwing and we learn a little something about Ascalon. In the final tale, set before his “death”, Tim Drake confronts Batman about the war he apparently is preparing for, which will lead to the DARK DAYS saga later this year.
DETECTIVE #951 by James Tynion IV and Christian Duce. Three months ago, Shiva is interrogating one of Kane’s men and pronounces that the League of Shadows is coming. In the present, Batman goes to talk to Mayor Hady, only to find that Hady is pinned to the wall by a plethora of swords. Batman flees the dying Mayor and heads to see Jacob Kane, who confirms what we already knew: the League of Shadows is coming. Then Gotham seems to get hit with a dose of Joker Gas and the townspeople looked possessed and ready to take on Batman and his team.
THE FALL AND RISE OF CAPTAIN ATOM #2 by Cary Bates, Greg Weisman and Will Conrad. Eighteen months have passed since the end of last issue and it New Year’s Eve 1996. And Captain Atom, living under the assumed name of Vince Mallory, has just gotten mugged! But he gets to meet his future wife Doctor Takara Sato. Once he is better, he goes to visit Professor Rathaway, posing as a fiction writer looking for information on time travel and is told of the dangers of a potential Butterfly Effect. He eventually marries Takara, becomes a rescue pilot and even saves the life of Perry White. Several years go by and the Mallorys move to Central City. Nathan visits the Professor, who believes that Nathan is a time traveler. Nathan fears he is becoming Captain Atom again and, on the way home, he is carjacked and explode, only to awake in 2017. What’s worse-Takara is pregnant.
THE FLASH #16 by Joshua Williamson and Carmine Di Giandomenico. Last issue, Barry Allen was totally outsmarted by the Rogues and this issue he finds himself kicking himself for it. Even Iris West wants to know what happened. He tracks Heat Wave to his old family home just as he lights up the other houses in the neighborhood, leaving Flash to save the day while Mick escapes to join up with the other Rogues. When Captain Cold arrives, he is quite mad because Heat Wave screwed up the plan. Because of that, The Flash arrives and beats them all down. All except Cold, who has a special weapon he has made from the parts Black Hole used to create the Speed Force Storm. He has a Black Ice Gun.
THE FLASH #17 by Joshua Williamson and Carmine Di Giandomenico. Captain Cold explains the whole thing behind his Black Ice gun. Flash defeats Cold, but that’s when the Rogues arrive and it’s a battle until Lisa Snart arrives and it looks like she will finally kill The Flash, but he mustered up enough energy to take them all down. In the end, Flash returns all of the things that the Rogues had stolen and Captain Cold declares himself the new crime boss of Central City.
GOTHAM ACADEMY SECOND SEMESTER #6 by Brenden Fletcher, Becky Cloonan, Karl Kerschl, Adam Archer and Msassyk. Pomeline and Tristan find a sarcophagus under the school that leads to a cave where they find some strange symbols. Following the symbols, it eventually leads them to Maps, Olive, and Amy, along with Kyle and Colton, who had been talking about Colton’s non-existent family life. Eric arrives, wearing a headband with the Arkham Asylum symbol on it and calling himself The Symbolist. He fires a bolo at Tristan, who bites Eric and then falls to his apparent death.
GREEN ARROW #16 by Ben Percy and Otto Schmidt. Arrow, Canary, Red Arrow and Chief Westberg end up tracking the Vice Squad to O’Neil Airfield where the two teams battle. In the end, some well-placed grenades kill off Notting and his men. Later, Ollie tries again to get Domini. Later, after a family dinner, Arrow meets with the Chief and reveals his secret identity to him. Unfortunately, when the Westberg goes into the bathroom to compose himself, he gets murdered.
GREEN ARROW #17 by Ben Percy and Otto Schmidt. Malcolm Merlyn has framed Green Arrow for Chief Westberg’s murder and, thanks to that, Nathan Domini is now the Mayor of Seattle. Nathan tries to plant Oliver's cloning device on Broderick's computer, but that fails and he is taken to the Ninth Circle to be branded, literally, as a traitor. Arrow goes to visit Victoria Much and gives her his evidence on Broderick. Later, Oliver and Emiko get attacked by Merlyn. Ollie eventually takes him down, but Diggle arrives to knock Ollie out and take off with Merlyn, saying he has to do this because Merlyn saved his life. In the end, Victoria finds out that Queen Industries was built at the center of a star…Star City.
GREEN LANTERNS #16 by Sam Humphries and Neil Edwards. The Lanterns head to Gotham to help Batman and Gordon solve a crime. Unfortunately, there are problems right off the bat as Batman wants Simon to not have his gun with him while in Gotham. Jessica figures out that the yellow spectrum is being to influence people, which might mean the Sinestro Corps is responsible. Soon, Alfred is affected and beats up Simon, stealing his gun in the process. In the end, it seems the yellow spectrum is spreading and that The Scarecrow is responsible.
GREEN LANTERNS #17 by Sam Humphries and Eduardo Pansica. Alfred has stolen Simon’s gun and is going to kill Batman until Batman activates a post hypnotic trigger that brings him back to normal. The trio tracks down Scarecrow, all the heroes fight their fears and defeat Scarecrow and Simon gives up his gun, as he has conquered his fear. In the end, “Rami” calls the Lanterns home to help on a mission.
HAL JORDAN AND THE GREEN LANTERNS CORPS #14 by Robert Venditi and Rafa Sandoval. Guy Gardner tracks down the Space Cabbie and offers a deal to him, wherein he gains immunity for helping to find the missing Sinestro Corps members. . Meanwhile, Jon is trying his best to make the new alliance between Green and Yellow Lanterns work, even as Hal Jordan heads out on a special mission with Kyle Rayner.They end up at a planet that is close to being destroyed and it’s Kyle job to find hope here. Eventually, he does, in the form of Saint Walker.
HAL JORDAN AND THE GREEN LANTERNS CORPS #15 by Robert Vendetti and Ethan Van Sciver. While Yellow and Green lanterns are learning how to live and work together, Guy steals Space Cabbie’s ride and heads off to find and confront Arkillo. Meanwhile, Hal and Kyle are captured by Misery, until Saint Walker arrives to lend a hand. He shows them their worst nightmares, which only makes them stronger and allows them to defeat the beast.
HARLEY QUINN #13 by Amanda Conner, Jimmy Palmiotti, Bret Blevins, John Timms, and Chad Hardin. After much torture, the fake Joker reveals his name is Edwin and he first showed up in issue #9 of the 2013 series. He had fallen in love with Harley and had endured diets, plastic surgery, and even a dive into toxic chemicals to win her love. Too bad she is not impressed and shoots him right between the eyes in front of all her friends.
HARLEY QUINN #14 by Jimmy Palmiotti, Amanda Conner, Khari Evans and John Timms. While Deputy Mayor Berkowitz tells the vampires where the best eats is, Harley, Harlem and Tony face giant ants who are the followers of Zorcrom: a silver skinned creature that was awakened by Harley and Red Tool when they were beneath the wax museum. After he eliminates his followers and some police officers, she sends him to Washington D.C. Meanwhile, Harley Sinn is transferred out of Arkham, only to be recruited by a shadow government to perform a hit. They fake her death and send her off to kill Randy Houser, a guy with a Band-Aid across the bridge of his nose, universal symbolism for “bruiser.” In the end, Atlee from Strata arrives to try to help Harley stop Zorcrom from tearing up Coney Island.
THE HELLBLAZER #7 by Simon Oliver and Philip Tan. Everyone, good guys and bad, is heading to Henry’s apartment. Dante is prepared to shoot Henry, who refuses to answer the questions of the bad guys, when Dante has a heart attack. As he dies, Henry tells Dante about a book containing all of his memories. Constantine arrives and Dante shoots at him, causing John to dive out the window and find himself at gunpoint.
JUSTICE LEAGUE #14 by Bryan Hitch. A huge spaceship entered Earth’s atmosphere, blew a hole in a city in Canada and trapped the League 12 miles underground. After an entire issue where they try to figure out what to do and deal with Jessica’s fears, they come up with a plan and free themselves.
JUSTICE LEAGUE #15 by Bryan Hitch and Fernando Pasarin. While Batman and Superman go to the Infinity Corps building, the rest of the team get shifted from a U.N. Meeting to various places in time by Molly, to try to stop The Timeless. Aquaman is in ancient Atlantis, Wonder Woman is in ancient Greece, Cyborg is in the 31st Century with Brainiac 5 of the Legion of Superheroes, the Green Lanterns are in a distant future where the use of their rings is frowned upon and The Flash is back on the day when he got his powers. And they all need to hurry up as The Timeless is coming.
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA REBIRTH #1 by Steve Orlando and Ivan Reis. Batman takes Frost to the Happy Harbor Sanctuary in Rhode Island, which is home for the new Justice League of America’s headquarters. Frost meets up with Black Canary, who is itching for a fight until Batman intervenes. Black Canary goes out and gets Lobo, leading to he and Batman seeking out Ray Palmer. Instead, they find Ryan Choi-the NEW Atom. In turn, The Atom gets The Ray to join the team and, finally, Batman convinces Vixen to come in to the fold.
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #1 by Steve Orlando and Ivan Reis. An alien superteam arrives in Saratoga , New York and begins to wreak havoc, causing the new Justice League of America to spring into action. They all take a bit of a beating and it looks like The Atom may lose his life. That’s when Batman tells their leader to leave the kid alone and to take him instead.
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